MOTHER COUNTRY.
REPORTED GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF SHIPPING. London, Oct. 20. Tha secretary of F>irness, Withy & Co. states that the company knows notli(ing about-the reported Government purchase The shipping companies do not desire to be taken over. P & O. and Canard officials hold a similar opinion.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
INFLUENZA OUTBREAK.
WORLD-WIDi: RAVAGES. Received Oct. 22, 12.35 a.m. London, Oct. 21. World-wide messages tell of the fearful ravages of pneumonia and influenza. Families are being wiped out in Morocco. There are 70,000 cases in Odessa, whilst business? is almost at a standstill in The Argentine. There is a severe outbreak and many deaths at Berlin. Three hundred are dying daily at Barcelona, and corpses are unburied. Other districts < have been depopulated in Spain. There ' is a widespread outbreak, accompanied by sudden deaths, closing the schools, ' and choking the hospital of the cities ' in liritain.— I Times ijcrvice.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 October 1918, Page 5
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147MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 22 October 1918, Page 5
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